Shoe-holder.



No. 838,234. `PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906. l

C. J. BROSNAN.

SHOE HOLDER.

AP-PLIGATION FILED 1.111.115.1902.

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UNITED STATS rarnivr onirica.

CORNELIUS J. BROSNAN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR,

BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO O. A. MILLER TREEING MACHINE COM- PANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

SHOE-HOLDER.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS J. BROS- NAN, of Springfield, in the county of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for supporting boots and shoes while the same are being cleaned and polished; and it has especial reference to holders intended for household use to enable the owner of a pair of boots or shoes to conveniently clean and dress the same.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents a side elevation of a shoe-holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a top view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view. Fig. 4 represents a section on line A 4 of Fig. l. Figs. 5 and 6 represent perspective views of the two parts or sections of the guide member of the telescopic arm hereinafter referred to.

The same characters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

My improved shoe-holder comprises a telescopic arm composed of a guide member a, adapted for connection with a xed support, such as a bracket l), affixed to a wall or other vertical support, and a sliding member c, which is movable in or upon the guide member (L in such manner that the arm formed by the two members can be lengthened and shortened as the operator may desire. The guide member a is provided at its outer end portion with a heel-engaging shank d, which preferably projects downwardly from the member a and is formed to enter and conform to the shape of the interior of the heel portion of a boot or shoe upper, as indicated in Fig. 1. The sliding member c is provided with a last-holding shank e, which projects in the same general direction as the shank d and is adapted to extend into the boot or shoe upper between the heel and toe portions thereof, said shank e having means for detachably engaging and holding a fore-part last or block f, formed to enter and fit the fore part of the boot or shoe upper. One of Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application filed January l5, 1902.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Serial No. 89,802.

the members of the telescopic arm, preferably the guide member a, is provided with a ratchet g, and the other member, preferably the sliding member c, is provided with a pawl 7L, adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet g, the said ratchet and pawl being arranged to permit any desired degree of separation bel tween the shanks d and e and to prevent the shank e and the last f thereof from moving backwardly toward the heel-engaging shank d. It will be seen, therefore, that when the last f is engaged with the shank e and the latter 1s moved backward into close proximity to the shank d a boot or shoe can be readily placed upon the last and the shank d and can be firmly secured by moving the shank e and the last f outwardly until the last has a firm bearing in the toe portion of the upper and the shank d a Iirm bearing in the heel portion of the upper, this engagement of the last and the shank d being retained by the ratchet g and the pawl 7L.

The guide member (L of the telescopic arm is preferably made in two longitudinal sections 2 and 8, which are grooved or recessed at their inner sides to form a chamber 4, Fig. 4, which receives and guides the sliding member c. The said sections 2 and 3 are connected by suitable means, preferably by dovetail tongues 5 5, formed on the sections 2, and dovetail grooves 6 6, formed in the section 3 and receiving the tongues 5, said tongues and grooves being arranged at the outer end portion of the arm member c, and a single bolt or rivet'7 extending through the sections 2 3 at the inner portion of the arm member a. The heel-engaging shank d is formed on one of the sections of the member a, preferably the section 3. The inner ends of the sections 2 and 3 are rovided with webs or flanges 8 8, which co lectively constitute a coupling member adapted to engage ears 9 9 on the bracket b, said parts 8 and 9 being preferably formed so that the telescopic arm can be readily applied to and removed from the bracket l). The sliding member c is provided with a handle l() to facilitate its adjustment, the base of said handle preferably serving as an ear to which the pawl h is pivoted. The pawl has a handle 7M, which when the pawl is in the position shown in Fig. 1 is arranged to be yieldingly held and to confine the pawl in said position IOO by the lower iinger of the hand which grasps the handle 10, the back of the iinger bearing yieldingly against the handle and acting to keep thepawl in yielding engagement with the ratchet.

The last-supporting shank e is provided with a forwardly-extending iinger e', on the front end of which is formed an upwardlyprojecting stud e2.

e3 is a stud that projects forward from the front side of the shank e in the same direction as the finger e.

The last f is provided in the bottom of its rear portion with a longitudinal slot f',

vformed to receive the finger e', and with sockets f2 f3, formed, respectively, to receive the studs c2 and c3.

The above-described means for connecting the last with the shank c enables the last to be quickly applied and removed.

j represents a chock or movable abutment which is movable upon the shank e and is adapted to be interposed between the front side of said shank and the rear end of the last f, as shown in Fig. l, to prevent backward movement of the last. l/Vhen the chock is thus adjusted, the last is rigidly held by the conjoint action of the finger e', studs e2 e3, and chock When the chock is removed from between the shank e andthe rear end of the last, the latter can be readily Iremoved from the shank e by tipping its toe portion upwardly. Provision 1s thus made for using lasts of different sizes and shapes interchangeably.

It will be seen that the two-part construction of the arm member a enables said arm to be cheaply made by casting said parts and then assembling the castings, no coring being required in making the castings.

lt will be seen that the member a and its shank d together constitute a fixed elbowshaped arm, one part of which is a guide, and that the member c and its shank e together constitute a movable elbow-shaped arm, one part of which is a slide which is movable on said guide. The pawl and ratchet constitute an eHective means for 4preventing backward movement of one arm relatively to the other.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, though without attempting to set forth all the forms in which it may be made or all the modes of its use, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A boot or shoe holder having in combination a slide, provided with means for supporting a fore-part last, and a guiding member composed of two longitudinal sections* internally recessed to guide said slide, and provided with connecting means, one of said sections having a heel-engaging shank. y

2. A boot or shoe holder having in combination a slide provided with means for supporting a fore-part last, and a guiding member composed of two longitudinal sections internally recessed to guide said slide, and provided at their outer portions with interlocking dovetail tongues and recesses7 and at their inner portions with a connecting bolt or rivet.

3. A boot or shoe holder having in combination a slide provided with means for supporting a fore-part last, and a guiding member composed of twolongitudinal sections internally recessed to guide said slide and provided with connecting means, said sections having webs or flanges at their inner ends collectively forming a coupling member adapted for engagement with a fixed supporting member.

4. A boot or shoe holder of the character specified having a guiding member provided with means for engaging the heel portion of an upper, a slide engaged with the guidingarm member and provided with a shank adapted to enter the upper between the heel and toe portions projecting studs on said shank adapted to engage complemental recesses formed in a fore-part last and a sliding chock carried by said shank and adapted to cooperate with said studs for locking the last in position.

5. A boot or shoe holder of the character specified, comprising an arm member provided with means for engaging the heel portion of an upper, and a second arm member engaged with the first-mentioned arm member and provided with a shank adapted to enter the upper between the heel and toe portions, a forwardly-projecting stud on said shank,.a forwardly-projecting finger below said stud, and an upwardly-projecting stud on said finger, said studs and finger being adapted to engage a fore-part last.

6. In a boot or shoe holder of the character specified, a fore-part last having a longitudinally-extending slot in its bottom portion extending forward from the rear end of the last, a socket extending upwardly from the forward portion of said slot, and a socket extending horizontally into the rear end of the last above the slot, said slot and sockets being adapted for engagement with complemental portions formed on a 'supporting member.

7. A boot or shoe holder of the character specified, comprising a guiding telescopic arm member having a ratchet and a heelengaging shank, a sliding telescopic arm member having a last-engaging shank, and a handle l() projecting upwardly beside the ratchet, and a pawl pivoted to said sliding member and having a handle h arranged as described 'relatively to the handle 10.

8. In a shoe-holding device, the combination with an arm provided with an extension having an upwardlyextending stud, said TOO IIO

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arm having a forwardly projecting stud near its junction with the said extension, of a detachable fore-part last having a groove at its rear arranged centrally of its bottom and provided with a socket leading from the forward portion of the groove and with a socket at its rear end above said groove.

9. A boot or shoe holder comprising a fixed guide having a ratchet and an arm formed to bear on the interior of the heel portion of a boot or shoe, a slide engaged with and movable on said guide and having an arm formed to enter the fore part of a boot or shoe, said arm being provided with a shoesupporting form, a handle on said slide and a pawl pivoted to the slide and having a handle which is arranged to be controlled by the operators hand when the handle is grasped. l0. A boot or shoe form shaped to enter the fore part of an upper and having a slot and a socket in its bottom, and a socket above said slot, said slot and sockets being arranged to receive complemental portions formed on a holder.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CORNELIUS J. BROSNAN. Witnesses:

E. BATCHELDER, P. W. PEZZETTI.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No; 838,234, granted December ll, 1906,

upon the application of Cornelius J. Brosnan, of Springeld, Massachusetts, for an y improvement in Shoe-Holders, errors ooeur in the printed specification requiring Corrections in Letters Patent No. 838,234.

correction, as follows: In line 83, page l, the Word sections should read section, and in line 90, page 2, a comma should be inserted after the Word portions; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the ease in the Patent Office. Signed and sealed this 29th day of January, A. D., 1907.

[SEAL] F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents. 

